The Wall Street Journal has a good story about how many of the most fervent advocates of unfettered free trade have begun to notice the costs of those policies: For decades, Alan S. Blinder -- Princeton University economist, former Federal...
The marriage of hypocrisy and corruption in Washington (David Sirota) The Disposable Workforce (Michael Shedlock) Wal-Mart Walks Away (Working Families Blog)...
Circuit City, the second-largest retail electronics chain in America, has announced that they are firing 3,400 of their highest-paid workers and replacing them with cheaper labor. In the understatement of the year, the story quotes analyst Colin McGranahan saying: Firing...
Mary Bauer, director of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Immigrant Justice Project, presented her report Close to Slavery: Guestworker Programs in the United States at a forum sponsored by the Economic Policy Institute in Washington yesterday. The eye-opening report, based...
The Houston janitors and their high-profile, successful campaign to organize downtown office buildings were a hot topic at a conference of human resources managers in Houston this week. The SEIU victory came as a surprise to large companies accustomed to...
"Our Low-Wage Nation", by Tula Connell at the Bonddad Blog "Walmart does not really have the lowest prices always", by Jason Gooljar "Income Inequality since the 1980s", by Brad DeLong...
This weekend, you can help the Justice at Smithfield campaign win justice for the workers at the Smithfield pork-packing plant in Tar Heel, North Carolina by joining their Harris Teeter Day of Action. The Harris Teeter supermarket chain serves six...
The Teamsters scored a significant victory today in the fight to stop President Bush's reckless plan to open the United States' border to unsafe Mexican trucks, with a key Senate committee voting to block the pilot project. "The 1.4 million...
Workers at Smithfield Packing Company’s Tar Heel, North Carolina plant reacted strongly against the company’s plans to increase the number of hogs it slaughters, saying production should not be increased until steps are taken to improve worker safety. About 130...
The United Food and Commercial Workers Union, joined by the AFL-CIO, has successfully pressured the Bush Administration to rule on a standard requiring employers to pay for personal protective equipment (PPE), putting an end to eight years of stalling tactics....
Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa wrote the following letter to the editor, which ran in today's Washington Post. The March 8 editorial "Let the Trucks Roll" fell flat. Safety and security are why the Teamsters oppose the Bush administration's...
The Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters has begun utilizing new methods and 21st century technology to connect with the next generation of workers. The council is using e-mailing and text-messaging to gather input and communicate with members. It has...
Wall Street investors have taken notice of the broad effort to change Wal-Mart’s harmful business practices. Bank of America will host a conference call today to give its investor clients the opportunity to ask questions of two leaders of...
Tragic news today from Cintas: Eleazar Torres-Gomez, a Cintas worker at an industrial laundry facility in Tulsa, died at work today when he was dragged into an industrial dryer. Since 2003, Cintas has been cited more than 170 times for...
(Also posted at The Hill's Congress Blog) The free trade model of the past is failed policy. The only way to help restore the American Dream for workers in this rapidly changing global economy is through a fair trade model...
A New York Times editorial yesterday challenged President Bush to live up to his promises and sign the Employee Free Choice Act. The White House has threatened to veto the bill. “If Mr. Bush were, as he claims, truly concerned...
Sixty-four percent of Americans now say the government should guarantee quality affordable health care for all, according to the latest NY Times/CBS News Poll. The growing consensus means health care will be the top domestic agenda issue in the...
For every working person who's ever had a tough day on the job: here's your anthem. If you're feeling creative, you can post your own remix here. And if you want to meet the singer, here you go!...
